Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | L'ombre sur la plage | Mathieu | TV movie |
| 1982 | Les Misérables | Montparnasse | |
| 1983 | After Midnight | short voice |
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| 1983 | Paris ficelle | Joe | short |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | Un militaire | |
| 1983 | The Wounded Man | ||
| 1984 | Viva la vie | Caviar delivery man | |
| 1984 | Boy Meets Girl | Alex | |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir | Le patient de Simon Lerner | |
| 1986 | Mauvais Sang | Alex | |
| 1987 | L'étendu | short | |
| 1989 | Un tour de manège | Berville | |
| 1989 | Mona and I | Pierre | |
| 1991 | C'est merveilleux | short | |
| 1991 | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf | Alex | Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actor |
| 1992 | Drôle d'immeuble | short | |
| 1993 | Fuis la nuit | short | |
| 1993 | De force avec d'autres | Denis | |
| 1994 | La partie d'échecs | Max | |
| 1995 | L'ennemi | Higra | short |
| 1995 | Visiblement je vous aime | Denis | |
| 1997 | Wild Animals | Emil | |
| 1998 | Don Juan | Pierrot | |
| 1998 | Le monde à l'envers | Yann | |
| 1998 | Melody for a Hustler | L'auto-stoppeur | |
| 1999 | Beau travail | Galoup | Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor |
| 1999 | Tuvalu | Anton | Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema's Award for Best Actor |
| 2000 | Deep in the Woods | Stéphane | |
| 2000 | The Squale | Le joker | |
| 2001 | Married/Unmarried | Love | video |
| 2001 | Affaire Libinski | Anatoli Libinski | short |
| 2001 | Sofor | The Driver | short |
| 2002 | Sous-commandant Père Noël | short | |
| 2002 | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan | voice | |
| 2004 | Low Street | Old Man | short |
| 2004 | Luminal | Ryu | |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Six-Soux | |
| 2004 | Le soldat inconnu vivant | TV movie voice |
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| 2005 | Wild Camp | Blaise | |
| 2006 | Elegant | short | |
| 2007 | Le passeur | short | |
| 2007 | Mister Lonely | Charlie Chaplin | |
| 2007 | Captain Ahab | Capitaine Achab | |
| 2007 | Iyi Seneler Londra | Gerard | |
| 2008 | Tokyo! | Merde | Segment "Merde" |
| 2008 | Comment Albert vit bouger les montagnes | ||
| 2009 | Les Williams | short | |
| 2009 | Tamanrasset | Philippe | TV movie |
| 2009 | The Temptation of St. Tony | Count Dionysos Korzybski | |
| 2009 | Les cow-boys n'ont pas peur de mourir | short voice |
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| 2009 | Obsession(s) | Marc Douelec | TV movie |
| 2010 | Bury Our Dogs | Lucas | voice |
| 2010 | Je, François Villon, voleur, assassin, poète | TV movie | Bezon |
| 2010 | Tandis qu'en bas des hommes en armes | Vilard | short |
| 2010 | Hitler in Hollywood | Denis Lavant | |
| 2011 | Waster | short | |
| 2011 | Experiment 5ive: Atlantic | Jack | short |
| 2011 | My Little Princess | Ernst | |
| 2011 | Les amours perdues | Vincent | short |
| 2011 | Le petit poucet | L'ogre | |
| 2011 | L'oeil de l'astronome | Kepler - Jean | |
| 2012 | Holy Motors | Mr. Oscar | Chicago International Film Festival's Silver Hugo for Best Actor IndieWire's Film Critics Poll: Best Performance International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Pending - César Award for Best Actor Nominated - Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated - Village Voice Film Poll: Best Actor |
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